Bhutan - Employment in services

Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Bhutan was 26.43 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 27.42 in 2010, while its lowest value was 16.57 in 1991.

Definition: Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The services sector consists of wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels; transport, storage, and communications; financing, insurance, real estate, and business services; and community, social, and personal services, in accordance with divisions 6-9 (ISIC 2) or categories G-Q (ISIC 3) or categories G-U (ISIC 4).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

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Year Value
1991 16.57
1992 16.72
1993 16.89
1994 17.06
1995 17.20
1996 17.55
1997 17.88
1998 18.21
1999 18.55
2000 19.06
2001 19.51
2002 19.97
2003 20.51
2004 21.15
2005 21.81
2006 22.34
2007 23.29
2008 24.56
2009 26.00
2010 27.42
2011 23.15
2012 23.80
2013 23.53
2014 24.81
2015 24.46
2016 24.78
2017 25.51
2018 26.05
2019 26.43

Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Bhutan was 39.24 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 39.24 in 2019, while its lowest value was 29.61 in 1991.

Definition: Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The services sector consists of wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels; transport, storage, and communications; financing, insurance, real estate, and business services; and community, social, and personal services, in accordance with divisions 6-9 (ISIC 2) or categories G-Q (ISIC 3) or categories G-U (ISIC 4).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

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Year Value
1991 29.61
1992 29.81
1993 29.99
1994 30.22
1995 30.50
1996 30.92
1997 31.23
1998 31.50
1999 31.83
2000 32.20
2001 32.54
2002 33.00
2003 33.49
2004 33.90
2005 34.50
2006 35.14
2007 35.94
2008 36.64
2009 37.51
2010 38.57
2011 36.16
2012 38.35
2013 39.06
2014 37.58
2015 37.78
2016 38.37
2017 38.59
2018 38.84
2019 39.24

Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Bhutan was 34.06 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 34.06 in 2019, while its lowest value was 24.30 in 1991.

Definition: Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The services sector consists of wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels; transport, storage, and communications; financing, insurance, real estate, and business services; and community, social, and personal services, in accordance with divisions 6-9 (ISIC 2) or categories G-Q (ISIC 3) or categories G-U (ISIC 4).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 24.30
1992 24.47
1993 24.64
1994 24.84
1995 25.05
1996 25.39
1997 25.66
1998 25.90
1999 26.19
2000 26.60
2001 26.99
2002 27.44
2003 27.94
2004 28.46
2005 29.05
2006 29.65
2007 30.52
2008 31.44
2009 32.55
2010 33.77
2011 30.65
2012 31.74
2013 32.70
2014 32.52
2015 32.35
2016 32.84
2017 33.27
2018 33.66
2019 34.06

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity